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Greater Sand Plover

The Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii), is a small wader in the plover family of birds.It breeds in the semi-deserts of Turkey and eastwards through central Asia. It nests in a bare ground scrape.This chunky plover is long-legged and thick-billed. Breeding males have grey backs and white underparts. The breast, forehead and nape are chestnut, and there is a black eye mask. The female is duller, and winter and juvenile birds lack the chestnut, apart from a hint of rufous on the head. Legs are greenish and the bill black. Its food consists of insects, crustaceans and annelid worms, which are obtained by a run-and-pause technique, rather than the steady probing of some other wader groups.

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Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)		 Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)		 Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)		 Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)		 Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)		 Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)		 Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)		 Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)		 Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)		 Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)		 Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)		 Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)		 Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)

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